By the turn, the pot was about 20,000 in chips between Yevgeniy Timoshenko and his opponent. The board read and action was checked to Timoshenko. He fired 12,000 before his opponent check-raised all in for 45,000. Timoshenko snapped him off holding the for a flush, with straight flush possibilities. His at-risk opponent held the and wasn't dead yet. He would need to pair the board on the river to double through. The river completed the board with the and Timoshenko's flush held up.
On the next hand, a player opened with a raise preflop to 1,500 from under the gun and Timoshenko flatted from middle position. The big blind came along as well to see the flop come down . The big blind and original raiser checked. Timoshenko fired a bet of 3,000. The big blind made the call and the other player folded.
The turn card produced the and the big blind checked. A bet from Timoshenko worth 7,500 was good enough to win him the pot. After all of this action, Timoshenko is now up to about 220,000 in chips.
If you don't know much about Timoshenko, here's a brief look at his career highlights. Timoshenko is the winner of the $25,000 WPT Championship in 2009 where he earned $2,149,960 for his victory. He has over $3.27 million in live tournament earnings and also won the World Championship of Online Poker's $5,200 Main Event in 2009 for over $1.7 million.
Preflop action had built a pot of about 7,500 between Annie Duke (on the button) and her opponent in middle position. The flop came , Duke's opponent checked, she bet 6,500, and her opponent called.
The turn was the . The middle position player again checked, and Duke tossed out a bet of 13,500 this time. The action was back on her opponent, who after a short while declared he was all in for the 25,000 or so he had left. Duke didn't waste too much time letting her hand go.
Leo Margets was all in for just more than 10,000 before the flop, and she was called down by a big-stacked opponent with . Margets turned up , and the race was on.
Margets left her opponent in the dust on a flop of , and the on the turn shot her out of her chair and into the arms of her Spanish media friends surrounding the table. The filled out the board, and Margets has found her double up, back to about 24,000.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was in the big blind and called a bet of 1,500 from the small blind on the flop. The under the gun player then raised to 8,400, the small blind folded and Mizrachi made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn and the came on the river. Mizrachi led out for a bet of 20,000 and his opponent called. Mizrachi showed and took down the pot. He is back up to 97,000.
We caught Fatima de Melo firing 15k into a 23k pot on the river of a board reading . Her opponent called with for three pair, and de Melo couldn't beat it. She mucked and fell to 16,000.
Joe Awada was recently seen laying down to an opponent who had bet enough to put him all in. Awada, who only had 12,175, was consoled by the table that is was a good lay down.
"I know, you think I don't know that, he has only played one hand," Awada responded. The man was kind enough to show Awada that it was, in fact, a good laydown when he revealed pocket kings.
On a flop, Nipun Java checked from the big blind, Dragan Galic led out for 5,000 into the 6,000-chip pot and Java made the call. Java checked again when the hit the turn and Galic checked behind. The river was the and Java led out for 7,500. Galic made the call.
Java turned over for trip kings and Galic mucked.
"Did you have a pair?" Java asked.
"Of course!" Galic replied. "Do you think I'm a donkey? I think you think that."
"I think that you think that I think that!"
"Be happy you hit!" Galic said with a laugh. He's still the chip leader with 300,000 while Java increased his stack to 105,000.
Thayer Rasmussen and his pocket jacks just sent a player to the rail who held pocket nines. The money went in preflop and the board ran out . Rasmussen now has 96,000 in chips.
After a player opened with a raise to 1,600, Lex Veldhuis reraised from the button to 4,250. The woman in the big blind moved all in for 14,350 total and the original raiser folded. Veldhuis took a minute to think about his decision and then committed the chips to make the call.
Veldhuis held the for two live cards against the overcards of his opponent. The all-in woman held the .
The flop came down giving Veldhuis top pair and a gutterball. The turn was the and the river the . Veldhuis flopped the best hand and held from there to eliminate the woman from the tournament. He's now back up to 96,000 and change.
and action was checked to Timoshenko. He fired 12,000 before his opponent check-raised all in for 45,000. Timoshenko snapped him off holding the 
for a flush, with straight flush possibilities. His at-risk opponent held the 
and wasn't dead yet. He would need to pair the board on the river to double through. The river completed the board with the 
and Timoshenko's flush held up.
. The big blind and original raiser checked. Timoshenko fired a bet of 3,000. The big blind made the call and the other player folded.
and the big blind checked. A bet from Timoshenko worth 7,500 was good enough to win him the pot. After all of this action, Timoshenko is now up to about 220,000 in chips.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
to see Aguiar eliminate his opponent and approach 100,000 in chips.
, Duke's opponent checked, she bet 6,500, and her opponent called.
. The middle position player again checked, and Duke tossed out a bet of 13,500 this time. The action was back on her opponent, who after a short while declared he was all in for the 25,000 or so he had left. Duke didn't waste too much time letting her hand go.
. Margets turned up 
, and the race was on.
filled out the board, and Margets has found her double up, back to about 24,000.
flop. The under the gun player then raised to 8,400, the small blind folded and Mizrachi made the call.
on the turn and the 
and took down the pot. He is back up to 97,000.
. Her opponent called with 
flop, Nipun Java checked from the big blind, Dragan Galic led out for 5,000 into the 6,000-chip pot and Java made the call. Java checked again when the 
for two live cards against the overcards of his opponent. The all-in woman held the 
giving Veldhuis top pair and a gutterball. The turn was the 
. Veldhuis flopped the best hand and held from there to eliminate the woman from the tournament. He's now back up to 96,000 and change.